..The Premier Perspective Database (Premier Inc, Charlotte, NC) was used to compare hospital costs and perioperative outcomes for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and open lobectomy procedures in the United States...

..All strictures were dilated and no perforations occurred. CONCLUSIONS: Combined antegrade and retrograde dilation is a safe and effective technique for dilation of complex obstructing esophageal lesions...

Sequential thoracic metastasectomy prolongs survival by re-establishing local control within the chest

..CONCLUSIONS: Multiple attempts to re-establish intrathoracic control of metastatic disease is justified in carefully selected patients, but the magnitude of benefit decays with each subsequent attempt...

Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: state of the art and future directions

..Lung cancer arising during pregnancy is rare and has been reported only 15 times since the 1950s. However, the use of chemotherapy for lung cancer during pregnancy has not previously been reported...

..This will provide an excellent database for evidence-based medicine. Such rigorous data collection should permit thoracic surgeons to be appropriately compensated for performing these technically challenging procedures...

..In cutaneous lymphocytic inflammation, enhanced regional blood flow is suggested by persistent erythema and warmth. Direct assessment of the microcirculation, however, has been limited by tissue edema and skin thickness...

..While these are useful in teaching basic principles, it is more difficult to promulgate the numerous advanced techniques or technical "tricks" that deal with anatomical variations or pathologic changes in the lung tissue...

Stereotactic radiosurgery for thoracic malignancies

Jamie A CesarettiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USAAnn Thorac Surg 85:S785-91. 2008

..The article closes with a discussion of multidisciplinary approaches that include radiosurgery which are on the therapeutic horizon...

Prognostic significance of the number of lymph node metastases in esophageal cancer

..Not only will navigational bronchoscopy lead to improvements in the diagnostic yield of standard flexible bronchoscopy, but we envision potential therapeutic modalities that can be used this system...

..The different categories of stents have positive and negative attributes that play a role in choosing the proper stent. This article aims to discuss these issues with regards to malignant and benign tracheobronchial disease...